Kabul vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$2644
🏠 One person rent	$200	$573
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$1004
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$34.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$801
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	33	8
😀 Quality of life	25	56
🏙️ Population	5.33M	77.6K

The cost of living in Kabul is 55% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 8823rd and 5233rd ($473 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Phuket ranked 8th in Thailand, while ranked 8992nd and 6325th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Phuket

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	Kabul	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.79	$6.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$47.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$9.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$632
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$1154
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$805
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$70.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$19.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$4350
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$23.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$18.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$3.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$4.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$3.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$2.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$62.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$8.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$68
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$99.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$652
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$16566

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$808
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$891
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$846
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$612
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$834
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$790
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$634
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$622
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$782
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$628
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$805
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$845
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$564
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$438
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$663
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$792
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$740
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$451
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$572
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$551
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$696
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$461
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$458
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$562
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$701
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$784
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$470
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$485
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$572
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$846
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$874
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$762
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$750
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$764
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$763
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$813
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$838
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$981